What practices allowed China to feed its growing population

Let’s start with the sheer quantity of food the country needs to feed its population. In 1978, China embarked on a policy of achieving self-sufficiency in food. As the country’s economic reform program began to take hold and productivity in its agricultural sector increased, China managed to achieve this goal by the end of the last century. In fact, China surprised many observers when it became a net exporter of agricultural products in 2002, its first year as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).